11,000 evacuated ahead of Odisha missile test
Balasore (Odisha) Jun 11Ahead of a scheduled missile test by the DRDO, the Balasore district administration on Thursday temporarily evacuated 11,442 residents from 11 hamlets located within a 3.5-km radius of Launch Pad-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha, officials said.While the administration did not disclose details of the missile or the nature of the test, residents were urged to cooperate in the interest of national security.The evacuated people have been accommoda…

